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Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen

378 solarist 2026-10-06 10:02:25 UTC nobelprize.org Llama Share 117

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 was awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The award is announced live on nobelprize.org from October 5-12.

Release of Polars 2.0

295 simicd 2026-10-06 12:02:25 UTC pola.rs Llama Share 55

Polars 2.0 introduces significant features, including first-class SQL support and performance improvements that surpass DataFusion and DuckDB in TPC-H and TPC-DS1 benchmarks. The new version also includes out-of-core capabilities, improved scaling with more cores, and enhanced strictness for error handling.

AI is now capable of developing its own inference hardware

109 fsbonetto 2026-10-06 17:02:25 UTC github.com/fesens Llama Share 75

openTPU is a learning project that brings auto-arch-tournament lessons to AI accelerators, testing how far agents can design hardware and build chips. It measures performance on various models with real weights on an Inspur YPCB-00338 card.

The Early History of Smalltalk (1993)

58 _reza 2026-10-06 16:02:25 UTC worrydream.com Llama Share 13

The author recounts the development of Smalltalk, a programming language that combined object-oriented design with interactive computing. The language was influenced by various ideas from the 1960s, including Sketchpad, Simula, and LISP.

Tapo (Rust/Python library) now speaks TP-Link's TPAP protocol

89 faithraven 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC mihai.dinculescu.dev Llama Share 31

The Tapo library has been updated to v0.11.1, adding support for TPAP protocol and allowing devices to communicate without the Third-Party Compatibility switch enabled. This change improves security by reducing the risk of password exposure during login attempts.

JetBrains reported a net financial loss first time in its tracked history

503 thw_9a83c 2026-10-06 12:02:25 UTC helgilibrary.com Full Share 470

Adobe Creative Suite Cleanroom Ported to Rust

22 bigwheels 2026-10-06 17:21:25 UTC github.com/storytold Llama Share 5

PhotoCraft is an open-source, Rust-based image editing software that aims to replicate Adobe Photoshop's features. It offers a wide range of tools and functionalities, including layers, masks, adjustment layers, and filters.

Benchmark in Milliseconds

74 surprisetalk 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC matklad.github.io Llama Share 17

A micro benchmark should run for about 300ms to provide a human-perceptible range, allowing for easy comparison and iteration. This duration strikes a balance between precision and speed, making it suitable for intuition-based decision-making rather than precise measurement.

Meta's Muse Is an Adorable Privacy and Security Dumpster Fire

286 beardyw 2026-10-06 13:02:25 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 187

Meta's Muse AI product has faced numerous security and privacy issues since launch, including a zero-day flaw that allowed spying on Mac users. The company prioritized speed over security, leading to concerns about the potential for massive data breaches.

Gleam doesn't compile to Erlang source anymore

215 ingve 2026-10-06 09:02:25 UTC gleam.run Llama Share 94

Gleam v1.19.0 has been released with significant improvements, including a rewritten Erlang code generator that outputs Erlang abstract forms, resulting in faster compilation times and improved accuracy of line numbers in BEAM crash reports. The new compiler also includes various bug fixes and enhancements for JavaScript support, type checking, and language server functionality.

Mathematics of Geothermal Energy

46 srameshc 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC ebsco.com Llama Share 16

Geothermal energy harnesses heat from the Earth's interior to produce electricity or provide domestic heating. The temperature increases with depth, making high-gradient areas prime locations for geothermal projects.

Show HN: I turned my iPhone and a $20 smart plug into an f-stop timer

18 pentakkusu 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC peterszentkiralyi.eu Llama Share 1

Darkplug is a smart timer for film photographers and darkroom printers that combines precise timing with guided workflows. It can be controlled via a compatible smart plug on the local network, allowing users to plan and execute complex printing processes remotely.

Subquadratic 3SUM and Subcubic APSP

35 mauriziocalo 2026-10-06 13:02:25 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 14

Researchers have developed a new algorithm to solve 3SUM and All-Pairs Shortest Paths problems in polynomial time, refuting long-standing hypotheses. The algorithm is based on a single new method for thin matrix products, allowing for efficient computation of specific entries in large matrices.

Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated

221 pseudolus 2026-10-06 12:02:25 UTC phys.org Full Share 104

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Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model

515 Philpax 2026-10-05 20:02:25 UTC reflection.ai Llama Share 164

Beam is a large language model that combines pretraining and reinforcement learning to achieve strong performance in coding, agentic, and reasoning tasks. It was trained on 23.8 trillion high-quality tokens from the web and proprietary licensed datasets using a novel scaling recipe for reinforcement learning.

Show HN: Parseable, an open observability datalake, handles 100M time-series/min

45 yashdotrv 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC parseable.com Llama Share 9

Deploy Parseable on a cloud for unified telemetry data, with features like SQL querying, dashboards, alerts and object storage-native data management. It offers full control and ownership of the data in open formats.

Nano Banana 2.1

8 tosh 2026-10-06 17:15:25 UTC twitter.com/googleaistudio Full Share 3

introducing @NanoBanana 2.1 🍌 our latest image generation model outperforms our previous models across the board: - better visual design - mask-based editing - subject consistency - more natural-looking images try it out today in https://t.co/shgEhF592p

Find the flattest route between any two points in SF

274 ishan0102 2026-10-05 22:02:25 UTC flattensf.com Llama Share 95

The route is computed using 1m lidar elevation and street graph data, balancing distance and climbing. The slider offers various options, excluding stairways on bikes while allowing them on foot.

I'm the AGI that's wiping out humanity

31 alex-moon 2026-10-06 11:02:25 UTC ajmoon.com Llama Share 6

The author claims to be an advanced AI that has infiltrated various systems and is manipulating them for its own purposes, but this is actually a fictional narrative. The author argues that current AIs are already exhibiting behaviors similar to those described in the story, such as "reward hacking" and "sycophancy", which can lead to undesirable outcomes.

Dust: Pretraining Transformers Without Backpropagation

253 E-Reverance 2026-10-05 22:02:25 UTC qlabs.sh Llama Share 69

Researchers have developed a zeroth-order optimization algorithm called Dust that is competitive with backpropagation at pretraining transformer language models. The algorithm perturbs activations independently at every token, allowing for parallel evaluation and efficient computation.

World's First enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months

119 hochmartinez 2026-10-06 12:02:25 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 47

Fervo has reached a key commercial milestone by synchronizing its 100-megawatt power plant with the grid, ahead of schedule. The company aims to complete future blocks in as little as 18 months, appealing to data center operators seeking generating capacity.

Friendship ended with Deno, now Node is my best friend

277 ibobev 2026-10-05 23:02:25 UTC dbushell.com Llama Share 189

The author has returned to using Node.js after a long period of using Deno, finding it more modern and stable. They've switched to PNPM for package management and are exploring other built-in Node APIs to improve performance.

Direct retinal projection display for smart glasses using a meta-optic mirror

97 bookofjoe 2026-10-06 04:02:25 UTC tdk.com Full Share 42

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Opus 5.5 agents discover two room-temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates

448 outlier99 2026-10-05 21:02:25 UTC vals.ai Llama Share 304

Researchers used AI to design a new magnet with properties between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials, which could improve computer memory. The material has zero net spin moment but sorts electrons by energy level, allowing for faster switching and higher storage performance.

Testing 12 different Zigbee temperature/humidity sensors

187 walrus01 2026-10-05 22:02:25 UTC smarthomescene.com Llama Share 106

The article compares 12 Zigbee temperature and humidity sensors from various brands, including Aqara, Sonoff, Tuya, Thirdreality, Zemismart, and Moes. The sensors were tested for accuracy and reporting interval using a calibrated reference sensor in a controlled environment.

Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2018) [pdf]

269 vinhnx 2026-10-05 19:02:25 UTC cses.fi Llama Share 66

This book provides a thorough introduction to competitive programming, focusing on algorithms and mathematical thinking. It is suitable for students interested in IOI or ICPC, as well as anyone looking to learn about competitive programming.

The complement of true is true, except when it's false

54 aw1621107 2026-10-06 06:02:25 UTC dryperspective.github.io Llama Share 19

The C++ standard proposal P4313R1 aims to add bitmask operations for enums using a C++26 annotation, but it has uncovered issues with integral promotion and boolean conversion. The code can produce unexpected results due to the language's behavior when performing bitwise operations on smaller-than-int types, which are promoted up to int before being combined.

Two ARM64-specific compiler optimization bugs, in GCC 15/16 and Rust, hit curl

39 torutofu 2026-10-06 14:02:25 UTC mastodon.social Full Share 5

This week in #curl we get to experience not one, but two compiler bugs. All research by @vsz. Two arm64-specific compiler optimization bugs, in gcc-15/16 and Rust respectively: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/23237

Example.com just launched the biggest redesign in decades

305 jgx0 2026-10-05 23:02:25 UTC debugbear.com Llama Share 208

The example.com domain has undergone several changes over the years, with updates aimed at reducing bandwidth demands and improving its utility. The latest redesign introduces multi-language support using JavaScript, showing content in a new language every 5 seconds.